Principal's Blog 2025-2026 #5
Dear Mustang Families,
Homecoming Week has been awesome!
Seniors, just a quick reminder that your year of activities have already begun with the start of cap and gown ordering this past Wednesday. If you did not get your packet, some are available in the main office. Page 2 of the senior guide has a convenient list of activities to keep you on track. Print a copy and post it on your fridge. Occasionally, times and locations will change slightly so please continue to read the Principal’s Blog each Friday for updates. You can also find senior information on our website.
Sincerely,
Dr. Alexandria Taylor
Principal
Mundelein High School
847-949-2200
Meal and School Fee Assistance
Families may apply for meal and school fee assistance at any time during the school year. Please note the following deadlines and guidelines:
Returning Families:
To be considered for a waiver of registration and beginning-of-year fees, applications must be submitted by September 15.
Applications received after September 15 will still be reviewed; however, fee waivers will only apply to future fees and will not be applied retroactively.
New Families:
New families have 30 days from their student’s first day of school to apply for assistance.
If approved within this 30-day window, registration fees may be waived.
After the 30-day period, families may still apply for assistance, but only future fees will be waived.
Do I qualify for Financial Assistance?
If you have questions about the application process or need help completing the form, please contact Yuliana Cordova at 847-949-2200 Ext. 1494.
Hispanic Heritage Month
Featuring - George Meléndez Wright
George Meléndez Wright was only 23 years old when he became the first Spanish-speaking professional in the National Park Service, but the parks and their wildlife were nothing new to him. While studying forestry and zoology at the University of California, Berkeley—he joined the student body at 16—Wright used his summer vacations to visit every national park in the western United States. He climbed to the top of Mount Rainer in Washington, explored the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and, in Alaska’s Denali, even become the first scientist known to discover the nest of a Surfbird.
Based on those experiences, and others he had after moving to Yosemite National Park as a ranger naturalist in 1927, the young biologist began to formulate an idea that seems obvious today but was groundbreaking at the time: He wanted to establish a model of wildlife management in the parks based on science. And to make such an undertaking possible, he hoped to organize a wildlife survey of all the western parks.
Text Courtesy of: Audubon - https://www.audubon.org/magazine/we-might-not-have-trumpeter-swans-without-george-melendez-wright
Image Courtesy of: Audubon - Wright in Yosemite National Park around 1928. Photo: Carl Russell, Courtesy of Pamela Meléndez Wright Lloyd - https://www.audubon.org/magazine/we-might-not-have-trumpeter-swans-without-george-melendez-wright
Homecoming Parade and Early Release
- Students were released at 12:30pm today to participate in and/or enjoy the Homecoming Parade.
Parade begins at 3:00pm (for approximately 1 hour)
Parade route will begin and end at MHS Click here to view the parade map.
- Late bus will run at 5 PM ONLY
September 12 - Homcoming Football Game Versus Zion-Benton
Join us for our Homecoming varsity football game!
Contest
Mundelein Mustangs versus Zion-Benton
Theme
Homecoming
Red Rage Student Section: Black Out
Start Time
7:30pm
Tickets
Current MHS Students with ID - Free
Child (ages 3-10)/Seniors (65+) - $3
General Admission $6
Gates open 60 minutes before kickoff for single varsity games. On nights when we have a lower-level game prior to varsity, gates will open 30 minutes prior to kickoff of the lower-level game and remain open through the varsity game.
Permitted Items
Permitted items that are allowed are sealed water bottles, carried rain gear, baby food, blankets, coats, and umbrellas, wheelchairs and walkers, service dogs trained to aid patrons with a disability and pre approved signs or posters.
Disallowed Items
Mundelein High School is reminding our parents/guardians and students that we have a list of items that we do not allow into the stadium on game days. Disallowed items that are not allowed in the stadium are backpacks, large purses, beach bags, outside coolers, outside food or drink, noise makers, balls, inflatable toys, laser pointers, paint, baby powder, streamers, alcoholic beverages, tobacco of any kind including e-cigarettes, drones (except for MHS School Issued Drones), pets. If someone has these items they will be confiscated at the entry gates. All bags are subject to search.
D120 Transition Center Building Named in Honor of Former Superintendent
The Mundelein District 120 community celebrated the first completed project of its Facilities Improvement Plan on Sept. 10 with a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony in the newly named “Myers Education Center.”
The building, which recently became the new home of the D120 Transition Center, honors former District 120 Superintendent Kevin Myers who retired in June after serving Mundelein schools for 11 years. Located just west of Mundelein High School, the building was originally the Kirk of the Lakes Church before District 120 purchased it and used it as the MHS Annex.
The D120 School Board approved the building’s renaming on Sept. 9, one night before the Transition Center’s Grand Opening.
Honoring Myers in this way is a good fit, current District 120 Superintendent Corey Tafoya said, because of his work on the successful building bonds referendum that funded the project and because of Myers’ background as a special education teacher.
“His work symbolizes this project in a very tangible way,” Tafoya said.
District 120 School Board President Peter Rastrelli said Myers’ impact goes far beyond bricks and mortar.
“He believed deeply in creating opportunities within our own community so that students - especially those in special education - could be educated in their neighborhood schools, in the least restrictive environment possible,” Rastrelli said.
September 14 - Jazz Concert at Durty Nellies
Join the MHS Jazz Ensemble at:
Durty Nellies
180 N Smith Sr.
Palatine, IL 60067
Reserve your spot: 847-358-9150
September 15 - Essentials Drive
September 15th -19th
Please support our Essentials Drive by donating goods for the Lake County Haven Women and Children's Shelter.
Donation bins are located in the main office.
September 19 - Late Start
Classes begin at 9:40am.
Buses will run one hour later than usual.
September 23 - Rosh Hashana
Happy Rosh Hashana!
Red Rage Spirit Store
MHS Students! Check out the Red Rage Spirit Store to get ready for our Friday Night Lights.
The store will be open until the end of the season! Every shirt closes after a certain amount of time, so make sure to purchase your shirts before the time runs out.
CCRC Calendar of Events
Fall 2025 Resource Roadmap
Literacy Center is Now the ARC
Visit the ARC for homework help. Adult and student tutors are available. Stop in or click here to learn more.
Media Center
Wellness Center
The Wellness Center team is proud to share Mental Health Must-Haves for Mundelein Mustangs, a resource packet filled with tips and tricks to manage emotions and stress, regulate thoughts and anger, improve self-love and self-confidence, increase executive functioning, and enhance overall self-care.
Hope Squad - Monthly Theme is Hope
MHS Supports
MHS has many supports to offer students. Students can access a quick-reference guide of all supports available on this page. Available is everything from social-emotional support, to financial support. Check it out!
Click here to see all the student support areas we have to offer.
26-26 School Profile
25-26 Perfil de la escuela
Go Mustangs!
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Website: www.d120.org
Location: 1359 West Hawley Street, Mundelein, IL, USA
Phone: 847-949-2200